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Kavitha Rajan
Consumer & Retail Editor
Covers retail, food and beverage, consumer brands and business developments tied to household spending.
About Kavitha Rajan
Kavitha Rajan is BursaKL’s Consumer & Retail Editor. She follows the businesses people encounter in everyday life, including retailers, food and beverage companies, consumer brands and online marketplaces. Her coverage looks at store openings, brand expansion, commercial partnerships and changes in how companies serve customers.
She uses company announcements and published reports to explain the business behind a launch or expansion. Her stories focus on the scale, location, timing and commercial details of a development, keeping promotional claims attributed to their source.
What they cover
- Retailers, store networks and market expansion
- Food and beverage businesses
- Consumer brands, products and commercial partnerships
- E-commerce and household spending trends
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Latest stories from Kavitha Rajan
- Consumer & Brands
Unsubsidised petrol prices cut by 30 sen, diesel by 10 sen
Subsidised fuel prices are unchanged, with RON95 at RM1.99 per litre and diesel at RM2.10 per litre.
- Consumer & Brands
Malaysia tourism operators report cancellations as haze disrupts travel
Inbound operators are seeing fewer group bookings as Malaysia pursues a target of 47 million visitors under its Visit Malaysia 2026 campaign.
- Consumer & Brands
Radium Evara in Kepong records 40% take-up
The RM506 million residential project has 797 units, with an average price of RM450,000.
- Consumer & Brands
Minister calls for PAKW to guide household income assessment
The living-cost measure is not a wage benchmark and should be considered alongside pay and productivity data, the economy minister said.
- Consumer & Brands
MP pitches online Rahmah vouchers to help traders compete with Pinduoduo
Khoo Poay Tiong suggested consumers could redeem the proposed vouchers through TikTok and Shopee to support Malaysian businesses.
- Consumer & Brands
Sunway Group launches RM200 million performing arts venue
The Jeffrey Cheah Performing Arts Centre includes a 1,200-seat Grand Theatre, with about RM30 million allocated to sound and acoustics technology.
- Consumer & Brands
Nearly RM11 billion disbursed under STR and Sara by September 2026
Monthly Sara assistance recorded 99.7% utilisation, with transactions worth RM5.2 billion, according to the Ministry of Finance.
- Consumer & Brands
Government has made no financial support commitment to AirAsia
Any corporate assistance request would be assessed against public interests, fiscal sustainability and safeguards for public funds, the Finance Ministry said.
- Consumer & Brands
Mah Sing opens M Mira Phase 2 sales after 93% take-up in first phase
The Wangsa Maju residential project offers 633 partially furnished units at indicative prices starting from RM474,000.
- Consumer & Brands
Malaysia vehicle sales fall 2.5% in September
The Malaysian Automotive Association expects year-end promotions to lift sales in October after buyers held back ahead of Budget 2027.
- Consumer & Brands
MediAsas set for January 2027 launch to support M40 healthcare costs
The scheme will offer standalone medical insurance and takaful, with two plan options and coverage for people aged up to 85.
- Consumer & Brands
Kochi yuzu suppliers target more Malaysian sales channels
Halal-certified desserts, drinks and jam are already sold in Malaysia, while producers are keeping prices unchanged despite higher input costs.











